TAIWAN GOAL: Vice Minister Michael Tsai took over after Lee Tien-yu resigned to take responsibility for the controversy over the founding of the arms dealing firm
By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Rich Chang
Minister of National Defense Lee Tien-yu (李天羽) resigned yesterday morning amid mounting controversy over the establishment of a private arms firm.

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HARDLINE STANCE: Zhou Wenzhong repeated Chinese warnings against independence for Taiwan and lashed out at US lawmakers for mulling protectionist trade bills
The Chinese ambassador to the US chided Washington for its protectionist trade sentiment, while touting China's contributions throughout the world.

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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her rival, Barack Obama, took their battle to the midwestern state of Ohio yesterday after the New York senator denied she was contemplating defeat for her White House bid.

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The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran is defying a UN Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and is accusing the US and its allies of fabricating information to back up claims that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.

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Serbia's top state prosecutor said yesterday that authorities were hunting for participants in riots that targeted the US and other embassies and Western commercial interests.

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